It looks like the front diff to me but that oil is awful dirty looking to be gear oil unless you got alot of miles on your Jeep. It is either gear oil leaking out of the diff or motor oil leaking from somewhere else and gathering there.

It looks like the front diff to me but that oil is awful dirty looking to be gear oil unless you got alot of miles on your Jeep. It is either gear oil leaking out of the diff or motor oil leaking from somewhere else and gathering there.

Jeep has 20K miles and we had the oil changed at 17K. Oil level was fine (top of safe zone) but there were only a few drops on the garage floor so the leak is minor. I was planning on having the differential oil changed at 24K per the owner's manual.

Just got a call from the dealer...said that the "leak" was excess refrigerant from a recent AC repair that dripped down and got dirty along the way. Did not find any other leaks. Cleaned up the areas and we should be OK.

Had no other issues or symptoms so the cause seems plausible to me.

Good news although I will keep an eye on it in any case. Could be a little bothered by the dealer not cleaning up after the repair but they have been really good with other issues so...

What a relief, had me crawling under mine yesterday just to make sure. I've got the skid plates which makes it a pain for shade tree mechanics and hard to see anything. As far as gear oil goes, 24k seems really early unless you are pretty hard on it (lots of towing, off roading, etc.) I would just inspect it and if it looks good just leave it be.